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Can Snowden fly by private jet from Moscow to Ecuador?

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Re: Can Snowden fly by private jet from Moscow to Ecuador?

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Post by midnitewarrior »

You can fly wherever you want. No international commercial airline will let you on their plane unless you have a valid passport / VISA for the destination. If you show up by private plane, you will have to show your passport to enter the country, or else you are denied entry.

Currently, Snowden is denied entry to Russia, and is stuck in the "Transportation Zone" of a Russian airport, unable to enter the country. Snowden was in discussions for asylum with Russia (who would issue papers allowing him in if granted), but Snowden has reconsidered this option and is seeking asylum elsewhere.

Re: Can Snowden fly by private jet from Moscow to Ecuador?

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Post by farolino »

zv wrote: post #5
farolino wrote: post #3

That may be the single most blatant piece of PR I have ever seen!

Indeed. Who cares if he travels from Moscow to Ecuador in single trip or several. Seems like blatant advertisment which just screams "Call PrivateFly"

Roll up, roll up and join the Edward Snowden publicity train (or plane)!

Re: Can Snowden fly by private jet from Moscow to Ecuador?

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Post by abrimo »

midnitewarrior wrote: post #4

You can fly wherever you want. No international commercial airline will let you on their plane unless you have a valid passport / VISA for the destination. If you show up by private plane, you will have to show your passport to enter the country, or else you are denied entry. Currently, Snowden is denied entry to Russia, and is stuck in the "Transportation Zone" of a Russian airport, unable to enter the country. Snow…

When you board a commercial airline you have to show that you have a valid visa/passport for your destination however that is not technically checked until you go through that country's immigration service.

So would it be possible for a private jet to pick up Snowden and drop him in Ecuador where he could officially apply for asylum? It sounds like the main issue is that he has to be in Ecuador to apply.

Re: Can Snowden fly by private jet from Moscow to Ecuador?

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Post by TylerE »

abrimo wrote: post #7
midnitewarrior wrote: post #4

You can fly wherever you want. No international commercial airline will let you on their plane unless you have a valid passport / VISA for the destination. If you show up by private plane, you will have to show your passport to enter the country, or else you are denied entry. Currently, Snowden is denied entry to Russia, and is stuck in the "Transportation Zone" of a Russian airport, unable to enter the country. Snow…

When you board a commercial airline you have to show that you have a valid visa/passport for your destination however that is not technically checked until you go through that country's immigration service. So would it be possible for a private jet to pick up Snowden and drop him in Ecuador where he could officially apply for asylum? It sounds like the main issue is that he has to be in Ecuador to apply.

Very tricky because any private jet isn't going to have the range to make that in one hop.

Re: Can Snowden fly by private jet from Moscow to Ecuador?

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Post by ck2 »

A better question is if such a flight would ever arrive considering how close it would come to the US east coast.

Remember it's now magically legal to kill US citizens without a trial.

What makes me ill is that there would be a number of people arguing on both conservative and liberal networks that this is acceptable.

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